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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 13, 754
Pharmacies
The first pharmacy was established in Bahgdad -
Sep 6, 900
rhazes, Persian doctor
discovered difference between measles and small pocks -
Sep 13, 1000
christian monasteries
founded to treat the ill -
Sep 13, 1000
medical care
medical care became regulated -
Sep 13, 1100
Ibn Al-Haytham
Discovered ophthalmology and optics -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 13, 1500
Printing press
made printing books faster possible -
Scientific method
came to use in Europe and changed the way people thought about medicine and research. also used to acquire new knowledge -
W. Gascoigne
Discovered the micrometer -
Robert Hooke
discovered the microscope which allowed more accurate observations of patients and symptoms -
Antonie Leeuweneek
describes bacteria -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Discovered 1st vaccination -
Blood transfusion
first successful blood transfusion -
Louis Pasture
carried out experiments that became the basis for modern microbiology -
Joseph Lister
Discovered and emphasized the importance of disinfecting surgical equipment and washing your hands as a way to prevent the spread of infection -
vaccines
Rabbies vaccines were used -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin -
AZT
Used to combat AIDS -
WHO
declares smallpox eradicated -
Steve Tomas
used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardasil
vaccine to prevent cervical cancer -
MIPPA
provides incentives for practitioners
